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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

♦ ICE! * one of the iHldlth’H of the |<r The anme product that ikr iiitur a !<•• man. Pete Whltrlthi M’lla. almoal kept him from aellitlK it today. | II that la too complicute.l the lie OH tile truck wllltltthield. tlie ice 011 the running board of the ear ami the ice 011 the illy .1 recta all hindered him from maktnK regular ja« dellverien j this morttlutr. In one Inatame thia iie.rnlnr he waa olnmrved with hla trm k parked on Main atrea-t. hatchet in hand, hacking away at the ice on the running board Meanwhile the back end of hia trm k waa loaded with Ice • ♦ SENATORS JOIN CREDIT REVOLT Revolt Growing Over Plan To Revamp Farm Credit Facilities Washington. March 2 'UP> Si* Ib mo. rntii »enalora joined m an open revolt againat efforta liy Secy Wallace to revamp the gov ernment'a mnltl billhm dollar farm credit faclllllea. Sen Gillette tltein 1 of lowa aald he and Eve Democratkai ting for a number us major farm urganixatlona whi.h were “thoroughly arouaed. would ofl.-r leglalatlon aarly next week to return the farm-credit admlnlatrutlon to i ita former atatiia aa an lnd> |M*ttd ent agency. The F"<'A. which haa loaned more titan H.OOO iMxi.mm to fartnera and haa about half of thia outstanding, wax placed under Sei y Wallace and the agriculture department laat July by executive order of President Roosevelt Gillette said other sponsors of the bill to reverse the presidential order would hi< hide Sen Minton • Gem 1 of Indiana, the Hem.n ratic whip Mead (Item t of New Turk, Truman 1 Grin 1 of Missouri Hatch iltem 1 of New Mexico and Miller (Item I of Arkansas It is known that this group and several other senators including Republican leader M. Nary of Ore con and Capper 1 Rep 1 of Kansas have been meeting with spokesmen for the American Farm Bit reau federation, the Grange, the National Association of Live Hum k Producers, the National Co-oper-ative council, and the .National Wool Growers In drafting legislation As an independent agency, the FCA followed what Ita officers iontended was strict banking procedure Admlnlstartor A G Black said recently the agency has announced that in the future It would lake “a broad social view" and egerrlie extreme leniency in cases where farmer borrowers were deemed to hav a chance of eventually meeting their obligations “Moat of the friction han come from an attempt to mix oil and water." Ben Gillette said. “Farm groups protest that the secretary wants tn mix rural relief with a 1 credit reservoir, or puhlk relief funds with private Investment " , The farm credit administration waa set up to provide burns for farmers cm a co-operative basis from treasury-hacked bonds sold to the public. Farmers who borrow from land banks and credit associations most take part of their loans In stack and so now have several hundred million dollars Invested In agencies mid.-r the FCA SCHOOL EVENTS ARE ANNOUNCED Calendar Os Event* At Junior*Senior High School I j*ted A calend of events at the l»e---catur junior-senior high school wax listed today. The annual high school commencement exercises for the graduating class of the school will hi* held In the school auditorium May 2S The baccalaureate exercises will tie held May H lletalls orF these events will be announced later ' All Work. No Play." a three-aet play under the direction of Mlac Klolae ja*wlon will he presented by the junior class on Thursday. March IP. On March I ' Blooah. the story of a runaway prince." will be told by an African-Liberian author in a chapel program at I: It a m. and on Apt II 10 a chapel program entitled "The Rita Trumpetecrx" will lie presented The mli.ol trim will close May M.

‘HOUSE PASSES POLLUTION Bill Provides Federal ( o-Op-eration For Slates Fighting Pollution Washington. March 2 U>gixlalion for federal co*o|ieratlon with the states in fighting stream pol* lution won house approval after being stripped, at President Roosevelt's r»nue-1. of a provision for annual grants of f'.ii mm itoo for the 1 work > Sliorlly l.efor< pa Ing the tm-a-sure without a record vole, the 1 house adopted an amendment to prohibit < (ration of any new sour-; nm of polution on navigable streams or their tributaries without federal samtioti Critics contended (he amendment ; wax so far-rea< hing it xma« ked of ‘ llitletlsm" and would force even • farmers and small mill operator* to get special permission from Washington to carry on many of their normal operations. Rep Faddlx ilh-m 1 of I'rnnsyl l Vania asserted for instance, that If > a faimer dumped the water in which he scalded a hog where It could tun into a navigalde stream • or tributary, he could lie prose* tiled under tin- amendment I Support for the proposal came . from Rep hlrk-en illt-p 1 of Illi--1 noix. among others who asserted - it would Im* folly’ tn provide feder- - al funds to get rid of existing |u>i--1 hition «out<» - without taking steps > to luilt creation of new souties The bill, already approved by the senate In a different form, must go ■ back to that body for action 011 the I house < hatlges IHvorce Action Is ItarnKNed Today f The divorce suit of Mary K. | against Grover II Oliver was d*«- ) missed in clicult court this morning and the losts paid The action wax filed several days ago by the , plaintiff. ■ LAYER OF ICE COATS STREETS Driving An d Walking Made Hazardous By Coating Os Ice I Walking and driving were at ■ ( their worst today with Mother • Nature unleashing one of her more ■ unfavorable elements on a populace that had liegun to Imik for I spring like weather I The city and community waa ■ entirely covered with .1 thin, trans- • patent sheet of Ice this morning • that canard both streets and side 1 walks to bo treacherous to navigate Traffic wns down to a minimum • at an eaily hour, egeep' 011 stale I and federal highways, where the 1 heavy number of autos had either t worn away or chewed up the lie 1 t’leats made their appearance ! again today as pedestrians sought relief from the laborious jolt of 1 pit king their way along the side - walks on slippery leather soles 1 and hi-els I Many persons chose the streets ■ or the Innermost part of the sideI walks, where buildings and hoit«<-s 1 shielded the cemetit and bricka ’ from the coal of Ice In addition to the danger of slid ■ Ing. antolais were hampered greatly by the Ice on windshield and window that Impaired driving vision Temporal tires hovered near the SO-degree mark Ihronghoul the morning, with the Isally Bemocint thermometer recording S* above I at s a m - ♦--- ■ Writer Speak# To Decatur Student# Cal Crosshaul spoke to the students of the Decatur Catholic high ■ school Friday In an Interpretation 1 of the Paul Bunyan legends. Imsed on the accumulation of material - gathered over a period of over A3 ■ yuara Crosshaul, a writer, and critic. Is ' widely known for hla InterpretsI tlons of Paul Bunyan folklore. , — o r TturiHICTUHI READING* 1 — 1 DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER I 11:00 a. m I* io 00 a. m 2t» f II tt a m. >« r - ■ WEATHER I Mostly cloudy, occasional I light rain tonight and Sunday: somewhat warmer In • north portion tonight ColdI er in south Bunday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 2. 1910.

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GLEE CLUB TO GIVE OPERETTA Hiifh School Glee Cluh To Present Operetta April 12 The operetta "Alt Old Kentucky Home." will be presented by the Decatur high school glee club at the school nudlloihim Vpril 12 Th*’ up.’fella Will lie undi’l the dlrecibm of Ml** Helen Haubold itiMtiucties* of mush in the i ity public school* The operetta I* based on the i music of Htephen Foster, the fam . ous i'iiiipo«er but not on the story 1 of hia life The cast already selei led for j the event: Colonel Staunton .John Gerlier Jeanie, hie niece ... . ... Kathryn S< hroyer Phillip, his nephew Boh Staph nm Richard. Phillip’s roommate . ....... Ned Johnson Joy the glil in Phillips interest Alice Yost Hannah, a widow ... Kalhliu’ii Fryback Henry Blow Hannah’s next prosperl ...... Bob Getitls Adaliza. one of Hu* guexix .... Lydia Frosch piantallun chontses glee club Southern chorus, guests glee < tub o Bicycle Slips On Ice. Lad Thrown Young Eddie Boknei hi wax one of the victim* of falls on the ice : tbi* morning IB* bicycle slid out of control on the walk in front of the courthouse, throwing him to the sidewalk He wax bruised by the fall but | not badly burl. Passersby helped him up A young magazine vendor, whose name wax not learned figured In a had "spill", hut was unhurt

LENTEN MEDITATION • (Rev fftacy F Khaw I'nlon Chapel I' B Churcht "Thy Word is ■ lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." Psalm 119 IUR

The one-hutidred-nlncieonih Psalm la a splendid proclamation of the majesty of the Word of God The Word of God Is a revelation from the Heavenly Father and In turn It reveals Him If a man would know God and know Him belter let him spend hours with his Bible In order tu know the Bibb’ let him ejienii hla days In fellowship with God The path (hat men walk Is very dark and uncer- ( tain until the light of God's Word falls upon { it To those who arc on the wrong road the Word of God wHI point our all the dangvts with great signs of warning As the search light of the Bible show* a man the wrong road he will do one of two things He will either turn around and Im- shown the right road nr he wIN turn off the light. To those

who have taken the right road the Word of God will point out promises and great signs of hope and assurance There la only one way to God and one way to Glmy That Way Is the only begotten Hon of God. Jesus the Christ, whom God gave tn the wnrld because He loved It Bod said that Jesus was His Hon and that we were to hear Him Jesus said "I am the way (hi- truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father but by Me' How can we know this Christ? He said that men should search I lie tkrlpiuies lut they lestllled ul Him

Court llou#e Clock Stopped By Ice The mantle of Ice that covered the city today ev.-ii Iw-came ft» mm h for old faithful anil the clock atop the county court house gave up the ghost At 7 40 a m . the Mr-culled timepiece of tin- |MHii ’ Hiopped Wat< hies* Im ai resident < repeatedly Imrked upward only Io see ' 7: |t>," li regardlrxM of tin- vol list hour IVAN GARWOOD PLEADS GUILTY Decatur Man Plead# Guilty To Forgery Charge At Bluffton Ivan E! Garwood, of thix city, entered a ple.i of guilty to a charge pf forgery lute Friday when arraigned before Judge John l»e< her It: Wells cln tilt court at Bluffton He is scheduled to be returned to court this afternoon to hear punishment Garwood was arrested at Pendleton Thursday by Wells county authorities after being released from the reformatory where he was sent for 1 to In years by Judge J Fred Frm hle of the Adams cln uh «oiirt here. Garwood, confessed member of a robbery gang that admitted more | than a score of offenses, was inj dieted by the Wells circuit grand i jury on a forgery count and one of I burglary His plea on the burglary count waa withheld, although he hidliat- , --d a wllllngiie** to enter a guilty I |dea. There appeared a probability that he might be given a suspended senteme this afternmrn. xlnce he had reportedly made a good prisoner, while confined at Pendleton

Sectional Tourney Champion Will Be Named Tonight; Four Teams Are Still In Running

NAVY LOCATES SHIP ATTACKED DY SUBMARINE British Freighter In No Apparent Danger In South Atlantic Washington. March 2 <U P> The navy announced today that the British freighter H.mihgute, which had flashed a submarine at ta<k message last night, had lieen Im aied by navy planes and was in "no apparent danger.” The ship had bei-n sought -in late yesterday when it sent a sig tial indicating that It had been at talked by a submarine about l-lo miles northeast of San Juan. Po to Rico The signal sent a cutter, three navy destroyers and planes of the navy's neutrality patrol on a swift ll’int fill the ship The advices that the Southgate had been located were received l»y the chief of naval operations It gave no detail ax to where the Southgate wax encountered by the plane which had lieen searching for it since dawn The message of the sighting of the freighter by neutrality patrol plane* was the first word of th*situation since a few minutes after the ship flashed its attack message last night. The navy had lieen unable to contact it by radio, presumably because of the wish of the skipper of the ship not to disclose his exact position if he was near an enemy A* this combined rescue and investigation dash priHteded, f'olitmIda broadcasting company in N>-w York heard a British broadcasting company newscast reporting that the German freighter Troja. 2.3*»0 tons, of the Hamburg American Ihie. had been sot on lite and scuttled off the Dutch West Indies as ter having been challenged by a British warship also well within Illi- neutrality zone There also was a report circulated in Montevideo. I'ruguay. by the Ca ver broadcasting company but nnconfirmeil elsewhere, that several German freighters accom panted by two submarines and pox sibly a |x« ket battleship were as xembled In the Routh Atlantic (*<«• miles east of the I rttguayan coast It was said that this convoy in eluded "be or two auxiliary Vex ,elx that had left the Brazilian ports of Belem and Bahia recentICiiNTINI'ED OS’ PAOK MlXt Portland Man Held For Rohbery Scries Fort Wayne March 2 ‘UP) State police announced here today the solution of a series of burglaries with the attest of Leo Thoiier. .TC. of Portland Ind Tbon* c was arrested by Tim l-outh.in. night inaixh.il »> Wolcottville dining .1 fight in which laitithan dodged sledge hammer blows struck by Thotter while he hit Thoiier eight times with his pistol butt and filially shot him in the side larathan discovered Thotter attempting to crack the safe at a grain eh-vatot LITTLE EFFECT ON LICENSES New Marriage Law Bring* Little Increase In License# Here Leap year and the new law had but little effei t here 111 increasllla. the number of marriage llienses lamted since the first of the year, a survey nf the records disclosed today Despite the fact that the new law*, which calls for considerable "red tape’’ before a marriage permit can be granted only 3* lieenscs tu wed were issued from January I to March 1 Os this numlier 23 were Issued In January and S 3 were given out tn February Both amount!* are in proportion to the same month* in previous years As yet no permits have been Issued since the new law In-cante effective, according to the records In the license division of the oft ices of t'ounty Clerk Clyde t> ‘ Troutuer

HARRYGRUBE HEADS DRIVE Decatur Attorney County Chairman Os Finnish Relief Fund Harry T Grill •■ Dei alur alter-tii-y has Ih’l'ii .if.nointi-d Adams county chairman for the Finnish relief fund according to an announcement made Friday by Charles E Dare, chairman on the drive In the fourth < ong.-essional dlstrii't Other appointees are Poil.*l D Crowell, Kendallville ntlor.’iey. .Noble county Di E o Hall, auburn, DeKalb county Maurice M< Clew. Angola attorney. #teulH-ll nullity. John W Gates. Columbia City. Whitley nuitity Di James K Duff LaGrange nmiuy John H Edrlx. Bluffton attorney Wells conmy. These appointees will x.ive as heads of county units of the organization headed by Herbert Hoover as national chairman of the fund In a letter of uppml Issued yesterday, Dale pointed out that money for relief of non combatant Finns and for care of their wound e<l sold lets must tu- forwarded Io that nation as slum as possible. Sp*’< lai funds eontrlbitled in advance have made it possible to •••nd all iontrllmtions intact with 0(11 dedlll <|ons for 'he expense of solicitation. Dare explained Ikmors. he added, may specify whothei their contributions shall b. forw.itded to the Liith>‘iaii chttri h in Fluland to tin Catholic church or tin- Salvation Army or fol the unrest ril’tell use of the Finnish government SOVIET TROOPS ENTER VIIPORI Russian Troop* Enter Outskirts Os Key Finnish City Moscow Match 2 (URi Russian troops have entered the southern outskirts of Vilpttrl as others reached Tali «ix miles to the east Hid efl-1 ted a landing on the western shore of the Bay of Viipuri. an army communique said today Finns, It was charged were seltltig fire to the city. outenslMy despalrinli of a successful defense It was ggserted that In operations yesterday the Russians t.xik Hie Paakkolatikoski waterfall area on th- Vnnksi riv*-r. 23 miles east of the city the towns of Heinjokl. 13 miles east of the city Maiinlk kala in the s„ le area Tali which Is on the Viipuri laike laidoga railroad. and Cape K*-ijasnli’tlii. on the western shot** id Viipuri Bay Tin- coinmtinii|iie thus Indicated that Viipuil wax not invested from three sides from Tali, on the lake railio.nl from th. southeast up the Viipuri Li’iiitrgtad railroad; from the south, up the coastal tailroad and from ’ln- west on the lake shore Vsevold Vishnevsky a famous Russian writer and radio broadcaster, in a radiocast from the front, said last night that Russian sailors from the Baltii fleet had crossed the Viipuri Hay let’ (CdNTINt'ED ON PAOK SIX I o Del’auw Freshman Is Killed In Accident Bloomington. Ind March (CP) Hetty Jo Biggs. I?, a l»e I’attw Cnlvi't'slty freshman from Evansville, died last night from injuries suffered late Thursday in tin accident at the entrance of McCormick's Creek state pork neat here Three companion* also were injured o — Decatur Ladie# Attend Retreat A numlH’t of Decatur ladle* attended the retreat for married women, held yesterday at the Catho lb lommunity center In Fort Wayne and presided over by Bishop Noll Those who attended from hers were the Mesdame* J. II Holthou*i John Brunton, Al D. Bcbinltl. Elmo Smith, Alec Tanvas, William Parent. G. Remy Rierly. Paul Briede, Herman Gillig, Charlea Lose. John Miller. Henry Hi nun. Herman Wolpert, Joe Coffee and ,lii-i nard Tcrveer,

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Berne, Pleasant Mills, Geneva And Kirkland .Meet This Afternoon To Enter Finals FINALS AT M Berne vs. Pleasant Mills Geneva vs Kirkland These two battles, starting at 1:30 o’clock thia afternoon, will narrow to two teams the fight for th*- i hamplonxhip of the Decatur sectional tournament, with the winner of tonight’s final game at X o’clot k representing Adams county in the Auburn regional tournament next Saturday Pleasant Mills. Geneva and Kirkland advanced to the semi-final berths Friday night by defeating Hartford. Monroe and Monmouth. r *s|MX lively The Berne Bears i|italilli’d Thursday night for the xeui. finals, when they edged out the Decatur Yellow Jackets. In lart night's games, only Geneva was hard-pressed, the Cardinals being forced to the limit to de feat the Minroe Bearkatg in the second game d the evening 39 to 36 The Hartford Gorillas gave the county champion*, the Pleasant Mills Spartans, a worrisome first half, which ended with the Spartan* out hi front by only two point*. II to 12. Pleaxbnt Mills, obviously suffering from at; atta< k of "tournament nerve* during the first half, settled down after the intermission and pulled well ahead to win going away. 39 to 21. he dividual brilliance of Clark, veteran Spartan guard, who scored 17 point*, led the champ* to victory. A seven-point lead established In tn*- fit*' quarter stood Geneva * Cardinals ill go<Ml stead in the second game of the evening The Cardinals were out in front at the first period. 15 to S. at the half. 22 15. and at the third quarter. 3S2S. The Rearkatz made a game rally In the final period but could not overcome the elght-poillt lead and lost by a 39 to 3r> count Grlle paced his Cardinal mate* with 15 point* and Monnier Monroe guard, shone for the losers with II markers. Kirklands Kangaroos, after a slow first quarter which ended with Monmouth on the short end of a ’ to 5 score, whipped up the pace in the second iw ilod and were out in front at the half. 21 to 9. and at the third quarter. 2k Io 15. Engle and Arnold led Kirkland* attack, with Conrad looking the best for the Monmouth Eagles with II points Ph-axant Mills FG FT TP D Mi Millen, f 2 1* Longenbergt-r, t tip Bates, c 2 0 4 Clark, g Mil" W McMillen, g 2 (i 4, Harman, f 0 • I* Watkins, f 0 0 0 August r u h u Fists g 0 0 (• Martz, g u n tl Totals l» 3 39 Hart find FG FT TP Sliorin.iker. f 3 2 k G Dllhai h f II ii n It Dubach, c 113 D. Amslutg. g 13 5 E. Anixtuiz. g lt>2 L. Fennig. t •' 0 " Augsburger f oil l.yltarger. v 0 • <• Hannl. z 10 2 Myers, g o • o Totals 7 i 21 Referee. Crow*t’mplri’ Coai Geneva FG FT TP Grlle, f 5 5 IS M Sprungi-r. f 10 2 Fenulg c it b it Windmlllei. g 2 3 7 Armstrong, g 3 2 N II Spruugi r I 2 15 Bixler, f 10 2 Moore c 0 0 0 Totals 14 II 3» Monroe FG FT TP Wintercgg. I .204 llannle, I 2 3 7 G Gilbert, e ..„ 3 17 Monnier, g ... 7 « 14 H Moser, g . 0 2 3 lUudenbuxh. f 0 o it R Moser. <• 0 0 (I Habegger, g 0 0 0 E. Gilbert, K I « 3 Totals 15 • 3* Referee. Cour Vmplre. Crowe Kirkland FG FT TP P Baumgartner, f 2 2 fl